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Using these new headphones, you can receive your favourite
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The sound goes straight to your headphones and no one else will hear it.
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【小题1】 Which of the following is True about the headphones?

Want to listen to your favourite CD in the garden without troubling the neighbours? Try our new cordless radio headphones.             

Using these new headphones, you can receive your favourite

radio station or TV programme without troubling others. The

sound is excellent and the lightweight headset is so comfortable

that you won’t feel you’re wearing it. You don’t even need to be in the same room to enjoy your favourite sounds. Just connect the special sender with your TV or radio!

●  The sound goes straight to your headphones and no one else will hear it.

●  The sound signal is so strong that it can go through walls and doors!

●  There’s a sound control on the headset itself.

●  Enjoy it in your garden. Listen to your favourite CD without troubling the neighbours.

●   Order yours today!

Place your order on our 24-hour hotline.

01044232467 —— 24-hour ordering service 7 days a week.

1. Which of the following is True about the headphones?

A.The headset doesn’t weigh very much.

B.You have to take the sender wherever you go.

C.You can’t use the headphone in a room away from where you are.

D.If you want to turn the music up, you need to go back where the CD or TV is.

2. What does the underlined word “cordless” most probably mean in Chinese?

    A. 相连的           B. 无线的       C. 时尚的       D. 灵敏的

3.. When can you ring the hotline if you want to buy one?

    A. At weekends.                     B. Right at the moment.

    C. During weekdays.                 D. At any time of the day and night.

and ,receive , satellite , weather , change ,help, or , early , for, when, forecast , star

Satellites Forecast the Weather

Now satellites are helping to forecast (预报) the weather. They are in space, and they can reach any part of the world. The 1.________ take pictures of the atmosphere (大气), because this is where the weather forms (形成). They send these pictures to the 2. ________ station. So the scientists there can see the weather of any part of the world and tell how the weather will change.

Today, nearly five hundred weather stations in sixty countries can  3. ________ satellite pictures. 4. ________they receive the new pictures, they compare (比较) them with the earlier ones. Perhaps they may find that the clouds have  5. ________ during the last few hours. This may mean that the weather on the ground may soon change, too. In their next weather 6. ________, they can tell people about it. So the weather satellites are of a great  7. ________ to the scientists at the station. In the past they could forecast the weather for about 24 or 48 hours  8. ________. Now they can make good forecasts for three  9 ________ five days. Soon, perhaps, they may be able to forecast the weather  10. ________ a week or more ahead.

Sorry to say, our brains naturally start slowing down at the young age of 30. It used to be thought that this couldn't be helped, but new studies show that people of any age can train their brains to work faster. "Your brain is a learning machine," says University of California scientist Dr. Michael Merzenich. Given the right tools, we can train our brains to act like they did when we were younger. All that's required is the practice designed just for the purpose: a few exercises for the mind.

Merzenich has developed a computer-based training method to speed up the process（过程） in which the brain deals with information (positscience.com). Since much of the data we receive comes through speech, the Brain Fitness Program works with language and hearing to better speed and accuracy （准确性）.Over the course of training, the program starts asking you to tell sounds (between "dog" and "bog", for example) at an increasingly faster speed. It's a bit like tennis instructor, says Merzenich, hitting balls at you faster and faster to keep you challenged. You may start out slow, but before long you're pretty quick.

The biggest finding in brain research in the last ten years is that the brain at any age is highly plastic. If you ask your brain to learn, it will learn. And it may even speed up while in the process. To keep your brain young and plastic you can do one of a million new activities that challenge and excite you：playing table tennis or bridge, doing crossword puzzles, learning a language.... "When it comes to preventing ageing, you really do 'use it or lose it'," says Barbara Sahakian, professor at Cambridge University.

51. According to the new studies, what will happen to our brains?

A. They will not start slowing down until the age of 30

B. They will start working slowly after the age of 30

C. They can work as well as at a young age through certain exercises

D. They can not be improved once they start to slow down

52. The writer mentioned many ways to speed up your brain, EXCEPT_____

A. doing a million new activities　　

B. sleeping as much as possible　

C. playing some intelligent games

D. playing table tennis

53. What can we learn from the text?

A. Using right tools is important for brains’ work.　　

B. Brain research deals with information from the Internet　

C. Dr. Merzenich is a scientist in computer,

D. Many activities can keep our brains young.

54. Which of the following agrees with the writer’s idea?

A. The train methods work better for the old.

B. People should train the brain to stop it from aging.

C. The training of the brain should start at an early age.

D. It is necessary to take part in as many activities as possible.

55. Which one is TRUE according to the passage?

A. If you are 71 years old, your brain is too old to train.

B. You can eat the food to keep your brain young and plastic.

C. Merzenich has developed a computer-based training method to train brains.

D. You will feel younger when you train your brain.